Domestic bar with disappearing shelve compartment



July 20, 1948. T. R. GIRALT 2,445,394

DOMESTIC BAR W ITH DISAPPEARING SHELVE COIPAMIIENT Filed llarqh 23, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 /a. {96 Y A v l .9 I0 25 r z/vvewrok.

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DOIESTIC BAR WITH DISAPPEARING 'SHELVE COIPARTKENT Filed March 23, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .ZW MENTOR. 4W

gj ws zwa ATTOP/VZX Patented July 20, 1948 DOMESTIC BAR WITH DISAPPEARING I SHELVE COMPABTMENT Tomal s mis Giralt, Habana, Cuba Application March as. me. Serial No. scam In Cuba February :0. 1m

This invention relates to furniture for domestic service of alcoholic beverages, and it has for its object to provide a piece of furniture which though being appropriated for domestic service of alcoholic beverages has when not in use the appearance of an ordinary side-board or chest, the piece of furniture including a shelving compartment which is slida'bly mounted through an opening in the top portion of the piece of furniture and along slide guides disposed within the piece of furniture which is provided with a mechanism adapted to automatically cause said compartment to rise out of the furniture for service purposes, when desired, or to retainit to be concealed therein when so desired, in which latter position it fi held by a catch operated through a treadle or another suitable means.

The invention is described with reference to the figures of the accompanyingdrawlngs, of which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the combined furniture-bar of this invention, in its position. of non use. I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the combined furniture-bar in its open position with the shelving compartment in its withdrawn or service position.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 4-4 of :5 is a horizontal sectional view on line M of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional detailed view of the winding springdevice to which is connected the inner end of the slidably mounted shelving compartment.

Fig. 'I is a detailed view showing in fragmentary vertical section the catch that holds the slidable shelving compartment, in a position near locking.

And Big; 8 is a detailed view similar to that of g. 8, showing the catch immediately after it been actuated to release the shelving compartment.

In the drawings, I indicates a completely holiow chestor side-board which is rounded at its side ends whereatdt is provided with door leaves 2 of semicircular shape in cross-section which are pivotally connected to the rear wall of the furniture by means of hinges 8 and have securedsin II and through which is slidably mounted by means'of vertical guides ll secured to the rear wall of the furniture and provided with inner grooves ii, a shelving compartment l3 divided by -a vertical partition I4 and horizontal boards ll into several compartments adapted to contain big bottles ll. small bottles i1, flasks I, and new designed-bottles ll. etc., all of them containing high quality alcoholic beverages, the several shelves being provided with protectlng'guards 2| adapted to prevent the bottles from falling down teriorly thereof a plurality of spaced shelves 4 The top, portion or board of the chest or sideboard I has formed therein a central opening I of rectangular shape bordered by a cleat frame 'ment I: to 'be di awrf from the shelves. in the. shocking movement caused by the spring device which will be described hereinafter. Said compartment I3 has an adjacent vertical cleat ii at each side adjacent each of the vertical guides II, which cleat is inserted into the vertical groove l2 formed in the inner face of each vertical guide Ii to slide within each groove l2. v

The piece of furniture is provided therein with means for automatically causing said compartout to remain in a raised position on the board or top portion of the chest or side board I, to. which end one of the sides of the compartment 3 has a lower vertical extension 23 to which is connected by a screw 24 the end of a spring metallic strip 25 wound on a horizontal shaft 28 secured within a wooden casing 21 fixed to-the top side portion of the vertical guide ll adjacent the side of compartment 13 carrying the extension 23, opposite to the compartment, said metallic strip 23 passing throug an opening it in said vertical guide II.

The extension 23 has projecting therefrom at its inner face a pin 2! adapted to be engaged by the lower straight edge of a hook-shaped catch ll in which ends the raised arm 3| of a bell-crank having its other arm 32 projecting outwards like a treadle. the catch ll having its top edge of convex cam formation and the bell-crank il-II being pivotally mounted on a horizontal pivot pin 33 secured to the inner side face of the vertical guide II, and the arm 3| of the bell-crank is connected by a coil spring II to an eye-bolt 35 secured to the base portion of the side-board I, so that the spring 34 will tend to cause the raised arm 3! of the bellcrank to swing toward the extension 23, said movement being limited by a stop pin 38 secured to the inner side face of the vertical guide l l and adapted to fit in a notch 31 formed in the inner edge of the raised arm Ii in the position in which the pin 20 is engaged beneath the catch ll.

when the shelving compartment II is positioned outside the opening I of side-board i, as

3 seen in Fig. 3, and it is desired to cause it to be withdrawn and concealed within the latter, it will be sufllcient to push it downwards by the hands, whereupon the pin 29 in engaging the upper curved cam edge of the catch 30 will cause the latter to withdraw to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7 until the pin 29 is automatically locked beneath the catch 30 as soon as the latter advances again by the action of the spring 34.

When it is desired that the shelving compartment l8 shall be elevated out of the side-board l for beverage serving purposes, the door leaves 2 will be opened outwards to the position shown in Fig. 3, and upon the user stepping on the treadle arm 32 and pressing it, the raised arm 3| of the to support drinking vessels, 8. shelving compartment having a side extension for beverage convtainers slidably mounted across the opening in spring and having an arm provided with a notch bell-crank 3|--32 (Fig. 9) will swing outwards and release the pin 29, whereupon the spring 25 will automatically actuate to cause the metallic strip forming it to wind up by elastic reaction,

and serving as a catch and another arm serving as a treadle, a stop fixed to the lower portion of the last named slide guide and adapted .to en: gage ,the notch of the former arm of the bellcrank to limit its oscillatory movement, and a thereby causing the raising of the compartment I 3 to the lower extension 23 of which is connected the spring metallic strip 25.

The inner hollow portion of the side-board I is adapted to enclose, when the bar service is not in use, a number of stools 38 for the consumers use, which can be put in or withdrawn from the side-board I when desired.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the shape of the chest or side-board l' embodying the bar-service, as well as in the mechanism used to operate the'si'idable compartment IS, without thereby altering the essential character of the invention which is such as claimed hereinafter.

'- What I claim is:

A combined chest and bar comprising a cabinet having a base and top and back walls, an opening in said top wall, door leaves hinged to the ends of the back wall; a plurality of shelves supported on the inner faces of the door leaves coil spring connecting the catch arm of the bellcrank to a fixed point of the cabinet base, the latter spring tending to cause the bell-crank to swing to a position in which a pinch the side extension oithe compartment is locked beneath the catch and the stop engages the notch in the catch arm of the bell-crank upon the shelving compartment being caused to descend to remain concealed within the cabinet.

TOMAS RAMIREZ GIRALT.

' REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1 744,613 Reimold Nov. 17; 1903 2,079,225 Sabaneefl' May 4.1 937 2,266,268 Robinson Dec; 16, 1941 2,323,107

Wilson June 29, 1943 

